Engine-lubricator.



No. 853,757. PATEN'I'ED MAY 14, 1907. O. A. BEYDLER. ENGINE LUBRICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 27, 1908.

, lvwantoy UNITED [srnqgns PA ENT OFFICE.

- OMER A. BEYDLER, oF-RossV LLE, IN IANA;- ENGlNE-LU BBIQATORSpecification of Letters Patent. Applicatioufiled October 27, 1906.Serial No- 340,874,

Patented my 14, mm.

"which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to lubricators for steam and other engines, theobject ofthe in-' vention beingto' provide simple and eifective .m'e'ansautomatically operated by the engine gearing for-forcibly injecting astream or quantity of oil or other lubricating medium to the pistoncylinder or other part'tobe lubricated. I i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of alubricator embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse secvelevation of the gearing tion through the reservoir and pump'on line 2-2. of Fig. 1. Fig. 3'is a detail view in side I for intermittentlyactuating the pump piston.

' Referring to the drawing, 1 designates anoil reservoir 2, a pumpcylinder in which operates a piston 3, the rod 4 of which projects.rearwardly from the cylinder and works I through a suitablestuffin box5. Thereser-- yoir is provided 'with a dischargeport 1 and with anoutletconne'ction 6 leading from the bottom thereof and connecting saidport with a lateral inlet connection 7 disposed at the forward end ofthe pump cylinder. The

connections are provided with abutting heads x j 8 and 9 and cou' lingflanges or ears 10, bolts ll being passe throngh the latter to unitesaid connections. The meeting faces of the connections are formed to'provide avalve v chamber in which is a spring-closing valve 12 ada tedtoautomaticall open upon the back stro e of the piston to al ow oil fromthe reservoir to pass into the cylinder and to close upon the forwardstroke of said pistonto out off the'flow of oil from'the reservoir.; Theconnection 6 is provided with a ta cred valve Seat 12" ada ted to beengaged y a correspondingly s aped valve 13,,.thc stern-14 of which isrevolublysupp'ortedupon thebasc of the reservoir and has a threadedconnection therewith, as indicated at 15, whereby the movement of thestem in one direction or the other will openoi' close the valve 13. The

outer end of the stem carries a hand wheel 16 bywhich it may be manuallymanipulated, p The forward end of the pump cylinder 2 is connected withan oilconducting pipe 17 leading to the steam chest ofthe enginecylinder or other part to be lubricated. The connection between the pumpcylinder and pipe 17 com prises a valve casing 18 in which is a checkvalve 19, said valve being adapted to open upon the forward movement ofthe piston to allow the expelled oil to pass into the pipe 17 and-toclose. upon the back stroke of the pis-.

ton.

The outer end'of the piston rod 4 is con nected by a pitman 20 with acrank'or' wrist pin 21 ona crank wheel 22arranged u on a suitablyjournaled shaft '23, said wheel eing teeth 24'. A vertically oscillatingro'd 25 is v pivotally mounted at itsforwardend' upon formed with anannular series of ratchet Y the shaft 23 and is adapted to be conne tedat its opposite end" to the,eccentric ro or some other suitablereciprocating part. of-

Qthe engine gearing.- The rod 25 carries a pawl 26 adapted in itsoscillatin movements to engage the ratchet teet 24 to alternately andintermittently communicate backward and forward motion to the pistonthrough the action of the crank pin 21 and pitman 20.

On the forwardmotion of the, rod 25 the awl 26 engages and-impartsa'forward revo- I ution to the wheel 22 a distance equivalent to thedistance of one or more teeth, and this action is continuedintermittently to force the piston forward step by. s-te until itreaches the end of its forward stroiie toexpel the oil reviously takeninto the pump cylinder. en the crank pin 21 on such motion of the Wheelpasses-below the horizontal line of the axis of the wheal and becomes apart of the return portion of the wheel reverse motion is imparted tothe piston in' an obvious manner by the action of the pawl and ratchetto operate the piston on its suction stroke, whereby oil will be drawnfrom the 'reservoir, the amount of oil discharging from 'I the reservoiron each suction movement of the piston beingregulated bythe valve 13.'

scription that the construction is such as to -secure an automatic feedof oil to the parts to be lubricated by the action of the lubriingmotion of the. iston, a proper quantity of oil on each compete operationof the pump It will be obvious-from the foregoing debeing fed to theengine. cylinder or other part to keep the same constantlyllmricated bythe supply thereto of a regulated amount of oil.

. Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, is I Theherein 'described automatic lubrioator forengines comprising areservoirhaving an outlet in the bottom thereof, a cylinder arranged at one sideof and. below the bottom of the reservoir, a conducting pipe connectingwith the. forward end of the cylinder, a cross connection between thereserviorand the cylinder comprising coupled sections respectively fixedto the reservoir and cylinder, the reservoir section being provided.with a valve chamber communicatingwith the outlet and with a feedpassage, and the cylinder with a coincidingfeed passage, a

in the reservoir section, said valve being-removable when the sectionsareuneou. led a piston operating in the cylinder, and cans for impartingan intermittent back and .forth motion to said piston.

In testimony Whereof,-I affiX my signature 30 in presence of twowitnesses. v

OMER A. BEYDLER. Witnesses:

JEssE M. BEYDLER, JOHN C. ROGERS.

